Screen Research and Writing
Overview
This unit prepares students to undertake rigorous academic writing for film and television, focusing on the structures, conventions and language appropriate for an academic audience. Building on the research project proposed in FTV40005 Movies and Research Methods, the unit identifies the methods and procedures students should follow in order to assemble and articulate an academic argument. Students will reflect upon the research processes that underpin their investigation and justify, contextualise and analyse this research against creative outcomes. This investigation may necessitate approaches to both historic and contemporary First Nations depictions on screen from both a settler and an indigenous perspective. This unit acknowledges historic practices in production and a commitment to developing a more inclusive and conscious approach to the varied pathways to production success.
Requisites
AND
300 credit points in:
Bachelor of Film and Television (Honours)
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Interrogate linguistic and conceptual differences between academic and non-academic texts
- Identify and reflect upon the central claims and the critical approaches in their research
- Support a research claim with evidence from relevant academic sources
- Adapt language features appropriate to an academic audience
- Reflect on their own creative practice and/or the work of other practitioners substantiated by film theory and close analysis
- Sustain a discussion and critical analysis in support of an identified research question
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Workshop | 3.00 | 4 weeks | 12 |
| On-campus Class | 3.00 | 8 weeks | 24 |
| Specified Activities Various | 13.00 | 4 weeks | 52 |
| Unspecified Activities Various | 7.50 | 8 weeks | 60 |
| TOTAL | 148 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final Thesis | Individual | 70% | 3,4,5,6 |
| Progress Report | Individual | 15% | 1,5 |
| Research Presentation | Individual | 15% | 2,3,5,6 |
Content
- Journalism and academic writing
- Articulating research problems
- Abstracts, citations and bibliographies
- Structuring an academic argument
- Application of theoretical concepts
- Close analysis of screen media
- Writing Creative Practice Research
- Understanding Reflective Practice
- Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
- Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.